Hans Bodensteiner

Hans Bodensteiner (born November 18, 1912 in Rückersrieth ; † April 8, 1995 in Unkel ) was a German politician ( CSU , GVP from 1952 ).

Bodensteiner studied and then was a soldier in World War II . From 1946 to October 24, 1949 he was district administrator in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district . In 1949 he was elected to the German Bundestag for the CSU in the Tirschenreuth constituency. In November 1952, along with Gustav Heinemann , Helene Wessel , Thea Arnold , Adolf Scheu , Robert Scholl , Diether Posser and Ludwig Stummel, he was one of the co-founders of the All-German People's Party (GVP), of which he became the federal managing director . He sought contacts with the Eastern CDU and was therefore visited by the Leipzig theologian Friederun Fessen (* 1930) on behalf of Gerald Götting to sound out the matter .

After the failure in the federal election in 1953 , when the GVP failed at the five percent hurdle , Bodensteiner left the party and withdrew from politics.

literature

Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 79-80.

↑ Clemens Vollnhals: The Church Policy of SED and State Security , Berlin 1997, p. 277; ISBN 3-86153-122-4

personal data
SURNAME	Bodensteiner, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CSU, GVP), MdB
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moosbach (Upper Palatinate)
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1995
Place of death	Uncle